urn:taro:utexas.cah.00606 Graham (Shad) Papers, 1946-1970 Text converted and initial EAD tagging done by Laurie Thompson on November 20, 2007 Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 15:27:26 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00122 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Descriptive Summary Graham, Shadrack GRAHAM (SHAD) PAPERS 1949-1970 83-066, 85-128, 90-220, 98-326 manuscript, printed, photographic, moving images Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin English. Scope and Contents

Filming records of Shadrack Edmond Graham (1896-1969), documentary film maker. The collection consists of shooting records and lists of businesses in 5 small towns, for example: Muskogee, Oklahoma; Baytown, Texas; Roswell, New Mexico; and Casper, Wyoming, where he made "Our Home Town" films 1946-1959.

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Portions of this collection are restricted. Please contact the Photography Archivist for more information.

 Preferred Citation

The Graham (Shad) Papers, 1949-1970, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Donner, Stanley Graham, Charles Edmond Graham, Shad E. Graham, Ruth Leake, Grace Yarborough, Ralph Subjects Actors and actresses Automobiles--Driver Education Communism and anti-Communism Films Motion Pictures Safety education Texas City Disaster UT Department of Radio-Television-Film Places Missouri City, Texas Pasadena Rice University Texas City, Texas Texas Detailed Description of the Collection Manuscript Material: 3U307 Our Home Town series, 1946-1959 Correspondence, 1959 and undated Notes Script Newspaper clippings, undated Records of filming June 1946 - September 1947 November 1947 - April 1949 May-December 1949 May-October 1954 March-May 1955 July-August 1956 December 1957 July 1958 October 1958 May 1959 3U308 undated The Fighting Judge, 1957 Letter from Senator Ralph Yarborough, July 1, 1957 Ten Commandments of Safe Driving, 1957 Letters to Shad Graham, 1957-1960 Letters of introduction, 1959 Notes Script Printed materials, 1957-1959 Wake Up America - To Sow This Seed, 1960 Correspondence, 1960-1962 Printed promotional material, 1960 Through The Sallyport, Golden Years, 1962 Letters to Shad and Ruth Graham, 1962 Script Notes Printed materials, 1962 Wake Up America - You Can Survive, 1963 Dialogue Script Notes Printed materials: Brochures Pamphlets, 1953, 1960-1962 Business forms Birthday card Notes Printed materials, 1961-1967 and undated Shad E. Graham Memorial Film Fund: Memorial banquet plans, 1969-1970 Correspondence: Ruth Graham to Stanley T. Donner, University of Texas University of Texas Department of Radio-Television-Film and Jack Valenti R.S.V.P letters Interdepartmental notes and letters Guest lists Program Toastmaster’s cue cards Seating plan Printed material Film fund: Interdepartmental correspondence Draft of charter and biography Printed material: Brochures Donation form Newspaper clippings, 1969 Biographical material: Manuscripts Newspaper clippings, 1968-1969 Photographs: 3S122 Shad Graham and an unidentified man in a studio 3S122 Crossing guards and people taking a pledge to drive safely 3S122 Shad Graham with a pipe and a movie camera 3S122 Shad Graham with his father Charles Edmond Graham in an early motion picture 3S122 One roll of 35mm film of titles for the Our Home Town series Motion picture film [35mm] RESTRICTED: 2.407 Arkansas: El Dorado North Little Rock Colorado: Pueblo Cortez Idaho: Boise Coeur D’Alene Louisiana: Houma Montana: Bozeman Butte Kalespell Missoula New Mexico: Alamogordo Farmington Hobbs Roswell North Dakota: Williston Texas: Brownfield Killeen LaMesa Odessa Wichita Falls Titled, Miscellaneous, and Unidentified Films: Who’s Who in Corpus Christi To Sow This Seed The Trail 2/FILM I9 Texas City, Texas, 1947 [16mm] Videocassettes: 3W92c Texas City, Texas, 1947 [VHS] 3W92d-RESTRICTED FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES Texas City, Texas, 1947 [Betacam SP]